ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS* OF NOVEMBER 22, 2011 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF PERU MATTER OF RAMÍREZ HINOSTROZA ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The order issued by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) on July 22, 2005, as well as the orders issued by the Inter-American Court on September 21, 2005, February 7 and July 4, 2006, May 17, 2007, and February 3, 2010. In the latter, the Court decided, inter alia: 1. To require the State of Peru to maintain the measures it had adopted and to adopt, forthwith, the measures that are necessary to protect the life and physical integrity of Luis Alberto Ramirez Hinostroza, his wife Susana Silvia Rivera Prado and his three daughters, Yolanda Susana Ramirez Rivera, Karen Rose Ramirez Rivera and Lucero Consuelo Ramirez Rivera, as well as of Raúl Angel Ramos De la Torre and César Manuel Saldaña Ramírez. 2. To require the representatives to submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights the information indicated in considering paragraphs 31 and 33 of this Order, no later than March 17, 2010. 2. The briefs submitted between February 5, 2010, and August 20, 2011, and their appendices in which the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures (hereinafter “the representatives”): a) addressed the situation of Mr. Ramírez Hinostroza “as a witness in several proceedings [regarding crimes] against humanity” and the measures of protection adopted by the Republic of Peru (hereinafter “the State” or “Peru”) in relation to the beneficiaries; b) submitted information in compliance with the Court’s request in the second operative paragraph of the order of February 3, 2010, and concerning alleged new facts that had occurred with regard to Mr. Ramírez Hinostroza; and c) reported on certain criminal proceedings opened against Mr. Ramírez Hinostroza and against two of his brothers; d) addressed the need to adopt measures providing the child Yolanda Susana Ramírez Rivera, daughter of Mr. Ramírez Hinostroza, with urgent psychological care; * Judge Diego García-Sayán, of Peruvian nationality, recused himself from this matter, pursuant to Article 19 of the Statute and Article 21 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, passed in the LXXXV Ordinary Period of Sessions held on November 16-28, 2009, and accepted by the Court. For this reason, Judge García-Sayán ceded the Presidency under the terms of Article 4(2) of the Rules of Procedure to the Vice President of the Court, Judge Leonardo A. Franco, who is the acting President in this matter.